As trial approaches in the case of the former Mater Dei student who was sexually abused by a former assistant coach when she was 15, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange has filed motions with the court to try to stop certain pieces of information from reaching the jury. I’ve been following the case and received copies of those motions. (Here are some links — Frank Mickadeit’s column, the OCWeekly’s archives, my recent blog — if you haven’t been keeping up with the case.)

The diocese filed motions to …

1. Exclude references to any guns or firearms allegedly carried or owned by Mater Dei’s head of security.

2. Preclude any and all references to former assistant coach Andrade’s presence on Mater Dei’s campus after he was allowed to resign.

3. Preclude any and all references to the following terms — defendants as the “hierarchy,” employees of Mater Dei as “perpetrators,” to the former security chief as a “racist,” to the “sexual abuse investigative team” and to employees of Mater Dei as “predators.”

4. Preclude any and all references to Mater Dei coaches going to a strip club. (Ironically, the attorneys didn’t ask to strike any references from the deposition about male employees leering at female students.)

And Andrade’s attorney wants to exclude references to the “criminal prosecution or lack thereof” of Andrade and to exclude “any reference to alleged sexual activity by defendant Andrade other than with plaintiff.”